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330 INDIAN OPINION
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becember 25~h. __ 19 2 5 it
traders sfill continued.
So the sore remained open
on both sidei!.
Mr. O:okhaltl clUne out tn 1912, and by a statesm8tlliktl
act llgreed that 110 objection would b') raised
if the door of Natal was finally closel1 against all
Indian ir?migration in the future, provided only
that Indlans already domiciled in Natal received
sympa~eti(}' treatment. The pltldge 01 such sympathetlc
trellbfl.eht wouid be the immediate abolItion
of the obnoxious £3 tax.
General Smuw immeQiately tOGk itdvantage of this
agreEmJeld ~lthMr, Ga1:ullle to pltBs thtJ ItullligratlOu
Restrictfon Act of 1913, by which Indians of all
classes were finally prohibited from entering ~outh
Africl!,., No objection was raised against this eIther
1W Mt. (iokMte, or Mr. Gandhi, or hy the Ihdian
GovernmetJt, in MC'Ol'dllttce with wllltt was regarded
as fn1 ggtee1nent t-eached by MI'. Gokhale1s visit to
So'ttth AIrfoil.. Bat when It was aSked itt return
that the £3 Gt:it shdu1d. be abolIshed no action in
that direct.fon was taken. Mr. Gokhaie was the very
soul of honour.
He had taken that journey to
South Altfca whHe In :IH health; it wM altogether
agttlttBt the doc'torls